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Title: M5 or Not?
Post by: DeanP on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 10:50 PM
Saw a 5 series in San Antonio over the week-end.  It had an M5 badge on the front and a nice aero package, but on the deck lid it had 535 is or ics.  If it was a real M5 it would have only had a M5 badge on the deck, correct?  It was probably a late 80's or early 90's model, all black.  Very nice car, but I dislike posers.


Title: Re: M5 or Not?
Post by: Jeff Seabrook on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 01:09 AM
probably the ///M535 - which came in the e28 bodystyle, pre e34.

anybody else?


Title: Re: M5 or Not?
Post by: Dustin on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 07:05 PM
no idea... I would think it woul have just the ///M5 on the back...


Title: Re: M5 or Not?
Post by: DeanP on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 08:54 PM
That was what stumped me.  i am not an expert on older models, but everyone I have seen was only badged M5.


Title: Re: M5 or Not?
Post by: Ilir on Monday, November 22, 2004 - 12:41 PM
Old models, like the e24 6series, the e28 5series, and (only rumors) the e31 8 series don't only have names like m6 m5 or m8
the m6 was the m635CSi, the M5 was the M535i and the M8 the M850Csi


Title: Re: M5 or Not?
Post by: DeanP on Monday, November 22, 2004 - 12:52 PM
That males sense.  I thought I had seen some older cars with both labels.  I didn't get to look at it for very long as he was moving and I was stopped.  We were driving the Expedition so there was no way I was going to run he him down to get a better look.  It was a sweeet looking car.